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12-03-2006, 06:17 PM | #1 |
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| Behavioral Problems The vet said Rosie has behavioral problems. Rosie only has accidents when we are not paying attention to her and she wants to play. She waits until we are not watching and uses the bathroom in places that she is not suppose to. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do? Also, I heard that if we do not catch her while she is peeing in the wrong spot we should not put her nose in it and yell at her. What should we do? |
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12-05-2006, 05:49 AM | #2 |
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| My mother unfortunately when she had children had to give our first yorkie away to a nice elderly women because Gizmo(our first Yorkie) was so use to being center of attention he would potty on pillows, couch, clothes anything that would make him get noticed. He was the center of my mothers universe for many years and when she had a baby he had to share the time and he just wasnt able to do that. I know she tried everything from making sure to have quality time with him while baby was asleep. Having him sit next to her while she was holding the baby. Nothing seemed to work. I just thought I would share with you that Yorkies sometimes tend to do things to get more attention.....they love the spotlight!!!! Wish I could help you with it! I will be having a baby here soon and I will be in the same boat with having to share my time! Hope Gracie doesnt act up!!!
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12-05-2006, 06:35 AM | #3 | |
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2. During the times you can't keep your watchful eye on her every move then you need to confine her to her crate or an x-pen. 3. You should confine her to one room of the house (the room that you are in at the time where you can keep your ever watchful eye on her) until she is reliabily housebroken. 4. You can progress to other rooms in the house, one room at a time and understand that each room you introduce to her will be another excerise in practicing housebreaking rules. 5. No free run of the house until she has earned it! She earns it when she is accident free for 1 -2 wks. 6. You will need to keep taking her outside for potty breaks and keep to that schedule so as to create a habit for her to potty ONLY outside. 7. Don't expect her to ask to go outside on her own every time she has to go potty, until well into her training. (It could take months) You cannot once relax from the above until she is accident free.
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12-05-2006, 06:56 AM | #4 | |
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12-05-2006, 07:04 AM | #5 | |
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If she does have an accident and you do catch her, you must tell her "NO!" very sharply to stop her in her tracks and then scoop her up and take her outside to finish up. If you don't catch her (even if it's seconds after she has done it) you will need to ignor it (you don't address the issue with her at all) and chalk it up to a "life lesson" for you to learn! Then you will get a odor neutralizer like Simple Solution and clean up the area, preferably when she is not in the room with you.
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12-06-2006, 03:04 AM | #6 |
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| Whenever I find a wet spot or some "poop" --- all I have to say is "Who did this" - in any tone - and all the animals in my house run and hide. And, believe me ---they have never been spanked for peeing in the house. They just know "it's not a good thing when I find it." One time my cat had an accident in the house and my dog hid under the bed for three hours. Again - this dog was never in trouble herself for peeing in the house. In fact, she was very well trained and never did it. So - go figure! **** I really think that a lot of these accidents happen (not all - but most of them) because we don't get out pets outside often enough. And - I don't mean everyone - but a lot of us. It's so easy to get busy doing other things and forget - even that extra 20 minutes or half hour sometimes is longer than our little pups can hold it. I finally got to where I set the timer on the stove - so I'd get my pups outside on a regular schedule. Carol Jean |
12-06-2006, 11:01 AM | #7 |
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| LadyLavender covered it really well. Great post! There is one thing I'd like to expand on and one I'd like to add. The best way to create a dog who hides from you when they potty is to punish them for inappropriate pottying. They learn that it isn't safe to potty when you are around. Not want you want. So, handle accidents like LadyLavender said. The thing I wanted to add is "Never under-estimate the power of positive reinforcement!". Every time (yes, every time) your pup potties in the right spot, she deserves loads of excited praise and yummy treats (that you have with you so that you can reinforce immediately). Good luck!
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12-07-2006, 06:44 AM | #8 |
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| Is there a way to train her to go on her pee pads and outside? She was doing both consistently for about 2 months accident free. |
12-07-2006, 07:32 AM | #9 |
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| I trained my Japanese Chin and Mi-Ki to potty outside on wee pads, working with my new Yorkie now with housebreaking. I have a small deck fenced in off my kitchen (sliding door). There's a slight overhang at the sliding door. I anchor a wee pad with four bricks. If the weather is horrendous, I do the same in my garage. Ladylavendar's posts was excellant and FirstYorkie also about positive reinforcement. I use rewards and praise for obedience training. When I want my new Yorkie to go potty on command, I put him on the paper and in a calm /soft voice sing "go potty, go potty.etc." If he doesn't go potty (start first thing upon he's waking), I pick him up and we wait, back on paper singing my potty song. I will stay there until he does something, praise and reward. It takes awhile but that praise and reward does the trick. I get him to sit/stay while he's running away from me with just the command, knows a reward and praise. This Yorkie was abused or caged and is smart. I do obedience on my own but for his behavoir issues use a trainer who will work with us as needed. I never had a dog before that had the issues that this one has. I am just reading the clicker training book since so many members have pm'd me about it. I might try clicker training on my husband since it says that positive reinforcement works with people. The clicker is my new necklace, wear it on a ribbon around my neck. Jessica |
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